Surviving the Sword

This morning I was reading in my Bible in Jeremiah.

Jeremiah 31:2-4 say's "The people who survive the sword will find favor in the wilderness. I will come to give rest to israel. The Lord appeard in the past saying I have loved you wiht an everlasting love; I have drawn you with unfailing kindness, I will build you up again."

Have you ever walked in a seasson in life when it becomes hard? I mean the type of seasson where you are in the middle of the wildnerness and everything around you is blury, distorted and out of perspective? In this scripture God says  the people who survive the sword will find favor in the wilderness..... meaning God's favor is not going to leave you just becuase you are in a wilderness  or dry seasson, but when your survive , surpass that inital moment of a trial,or circumstances that onsets this seasson..... He will not leave you.

 Then the next portion of this scripture says I have loved you with an everlasting love, i have drawn you with an unfailling kindness, i will build you up again!
This part makes my heart leap becuase i know what it is to experience that initial moment or moments that lead me into a wildness seasson , and it was that seasson that hurts where nothing around me  seemed to be clear or focused, everything was off and blury that I myself didn't know where to go and what to do. Yet through that seasson of wilderness God was constantly with me and He was right beside me, walking with me, growing me, stretching me and changing me perspectives.
 You know through those moments when He  stretches us and challenges us and changes our perspectives, it sometimes sucks and we feel like  a big failure and as if we can never really accomplish what He wants us to do....But God is right there with us through every seasson and especially in this one he is right there saying "I have loved you with an everlasting love, I have drawn you with an everlasting kindness and I will build you againl." 
God never starts something in our lives that he does not intend to finish. He will always finish what he starts, he doesn't work on us half way then walk away from us leaving us in a big mess. No, He finishes what He starts and in the midst of it He loves us with an everlasting (the means never ending, neve leaving, always growing)love and he draws us (Pulls us, captures us, captivates us) with his unfailling kindness.
How amazing is that.... that is how God works, that no matter what seasson we may fall in , in life He is always there and He is always willing to push us forward , challenge us and grow us becuase He is a good God, a good father that loves always ....... He will help you survive the moments in life that take your breath away and push you back fifteen feet, and he will not let you stay pushed back or breath gone.  Instead , God will help you survive the sword, walk you through the seasson and grow you. In result you will come out with God's love ,kindness, and peace surrounding you more then ever before. Sometimes we just have to realize when a sword is thrown our way and the seasson comes...God will help you survive it and better yet He will bring you out of it!